INAUGURAL 3D GAMING SUMMIT™ BEGINS TOMORROW IN LOS ANGELES

The first ever 3D Gaming Summit™, featuring an all-star lineup of gaming and entertainment leaders and offering the 3D Gaming Lounge™ with the latest in 3D games and systems, will run Wednesday-Thursday, April 21-22, 2010, at the Los Angeles Hilton in Universal City , CA . For more information or to register, please visit www.3Dgamingsummit.com.

The 3D Gaming Summit™ is a high strategy networking event exploring how video games aided by new technologies, such as stereoscopic 3D, are bridging the gap between interactive and linear entertainment.

“The 3D Gaming Summit™ will bring together some of the finest minds in interactive and traditional media,” says veteran gaming journalist Gaudiosi.“Videogames are a key driver, along with Blu-ray 3D, in convincing first early adopters and then mainstream consumers to upgrade their HD home entertainment centers into 3D HD experiences. Our conference speakers will address how the entertainment and gaming sectors can capitalize on these new trends.”

3D Gaming Summit™ is the newest addition to the 3D Entertainment Series of events produced by Unicomm, LLC in association with Variety. Bringing together the most prestigious group of professionals, the 3D Gaming Summit's™ unique environment will enable attendees to engage, debate and define the latest developments in the gaming and entertainment marketplace. With an unprecedented group of opinion leaders, the summit will define the opportunities and strategic options presented by 3D stereoscopic gaming. For more information: www.3dgamingsummit.com.

3D Entertainment Summit™

3D Entertainment Summit™ presented in association with Variety, attracted more than 500 attendees to last year’s event at the Hilton Los Angeles in Universal City . Co-produced by Bob Dowling, former Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of The Hollywood Reporter, the summit featured a“who’s who” in 3D from top brands and all aspects of the entertainment community and received international media coverage. Major sponsors included Sony Digital, Sony Electronics, RealD, 3Ality, DreamWorks, Panasonic and IMAX. Highlights included a keynote address by Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation SKG and a keynote discussion with Coraline’s Academy Award® nominated director Henry Selick and Academy Award®-winning visual effects supervisor Brian Van’t Hull. The next 3D Entertainment Summit is scheduled for September 15-16, 2010 once again at the Hilton Los Angeles in Universal City . For more information: www.3d-summit.com.

The Bob Dowling Group

For 17 years through 2007, Bob Dowling was editor-in-chief and publisher of The Hollywood Reporter and president of the VNU Business Media Film and Performing Arts Group. During Dowling's tenure, The Reporter launched numerous new products, including the HollywoodReporter.com Web site, e-mail edition, weekly edition, THR East, Literary Hollywood, Festival de Cannes dailies and the Oscar Screening Guide, as well as many annual events such as the Women in Entertainment Power 100 stand-alone issue and its related breakfast event, the Next Generation ranking of prominent young executives, the Film and TV Music Conference and the reorganized Key Art Awards. Dowling recently started his own information and consulting firm, the Bob Dowling Group, to serve clients looking to navigate the converging worlds of entertainment and technology, with the 3D Entertainment Summit and 3D Gaming Summit as lead projects.

Unicomm LLC

Unicomm LLC is an independent business-to-business communications company specializing in originating and managing world class trade shows and conferences in underserved and nascent markets. Founded in 1998 in Milford , CT , Unicomm enjoys impressive track record of dozens of successful show launches and hundreds of event productions. Unicomm’s properties include the 3D Entertainment Summit™ in association with VARIETY, The 3D Gaming Summit™, the LA Times Travel&Adventure Show, Adventures in Travel Expo in NY, CH, DC and Seattle, and the Green Travel Summit. For more information: www.unicomm.org.

Variety

Variety is the leading publication for business entertainment news, recognized and respected throughout the world of show business. The Variety Group– Daily Variety, Daily Variety Gotham, Weekly Variety and Variety.com– are all owned by Reed Business Information (RBI), the largest business publisher in the U.S. RBI is a member of the Reed Elsevier Group (NYSE; RUK and ENL).

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